Preparations - R&S EB500 Getting Started

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R&S EB500
Receiver Firmware and GUI Update for EB500 with front control panel
4.2.1

Preparations

Required files and accessories
You will need the following files and accessories to perform an update:
● A self-extracting EB500 installation file.
● USB flash drive with at least 256 Mb free space (A new or formatted one is
recommended). The MBR (Master Boot Record) of the flash drive will be over-
written to make it bootable.
Prepare USB Flash drive
The update process is done from the USB flash drive. The R&S EB500 boots up
from the USB flash drive, and the update continues from there.
The following steps are necessary for installing files on the USB flash drive:
● Obtain the R&S EB500 update installation file. This file can be retrieved from
either one of the locations mentioned at ​
on page 48.
● Plug the USB flash drive into a USB port of the PC (or Notebook). Take note of
the drive letter assigned to this USB flash drive.
● Execute the installation by clicking on Receiver Firmware and GUI
Installation. Allow access if there are security warnings. The dialog box
shown below will appear. It will ask for the path of the USB flash drive. Check
the drive letter before clicking "OK". This must be the drive letter which is
assigned to your USB flash drive after plugging it into your Windows host.
SFX image on USB Flash drive
This installer is built as a compressed SFX image. This is a self-extracting
image which will install on the storage destination that is given as parameter:
here it is the USB flash drive. The image also contains a MBR section so that
it can boot-up from the USB flash drive.
Not every USB flash drive can be converted into a bootable drive. If a flash
drive still cannot boot-up after following the procedures above then it is
advised to change to a different brand USB flash drive.
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